Opening of the BIT 4 Centre within the EU-funded BESt4SMEs Project

Development of Project Proposals training in Bijeljina, November 2015

Opening of the BIT 4 Centre within the EU-funded BESt4SMEs Project

Your Partner for Regional Economic Development

Development Association NERDA acts a Regional Development Agency for the North-East BiH, and is responsible for strengthening, coordination and promotion of economic development. Activities are directed towards building a strong region through mobilization of internal as well as external resources with the aim to improve living standard and competitiveness of the regional economy, in the country as well as in the Western Balkans.

NERDA became operational on 01 January 2005 and currently has the head office in Tuzla and coordinators for the sub-regions of: Semberija, Birač and Posavina.

NERDA's Mission is: The unique purpose of the Development Association NERDA is to stimulate economic development of the NE region of BiH by managing strategic development, and to be a tool in the hands of people, businesses, NGOs, and governments that jointly work on poverty reduction, economic sustainability and stability of the NE region and entire BiH.

NERDA’s Vision is: NERDA is the leading organization in socio-economic development of the region, supporting self-sustainable and harmonized development by creating better working and living conditions and perspective for all.

Today, in Brčko, the NERDA Development Association and the Technical School of Brcko District of BiH hosted the fourth training for the students from five high schools involved in the implementation of the project "High Schools of North-East BiH in the Joint Promotion of Tourism Offer", funded by the United States Embassy in BiH. The secondary schools participating in the project are: High School Center "Mihailo Petrovic Alas" Ugljevik; MIxed Secondary School Kalesija; Secondary School of Electrical Engineering Tuzla; Technical School of Brcko District of BiH and Technical School Center Zvornik. Today's training was aimed at joint finalizing of the promotional leaflet, which will be used for the promotion of tourist potential of North-East BiH.

Today, in Ugljevik, the NERDA Development Association and the "Mihailo Petrović Alas" High School Center hosted the third training for the students from five high schools involved in the implementation of the project "High Schools of North-East BiH in the Joint Promotion of Tourism Offer", funded by the United States Embassy in BiH. The secondary schools participating in the project are: High School Center "Mihailo Petrovic Alas" Ugljevik; MIxed Secondary School Kalesija; Secondary School of Electrical Engineering Tuzla; Technical School of Brcko District of BiH and Technical School Center Zvornik. Today's training was aimed at bringing a group of 30 final grade students from the five secondary schools closer to the graphic design area and preparing them for independent design of the advertising material to be used for the promotion of tourist potential of North-East BiH.

The Mixed Secondary School Kalesija, together with NERDA, hosted the second training for students of five high schools involved in the implementation of the project "High School Students of North-East BiH in Joint Promotion of Tourism Offer", funded by the United States Embassy in BiH.
Today's training was a continuation of the introductory lecture, and a group of 30 final grade students from five secondary schools from Tuzla, Kalesija, Zvornik, Brčko and Ugljevik had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Corel Draw program and work on the practical application of the acquired knowledge. The students of the host school presented their city and informed their peers from neighboring cities of the history and sights of Kalesija. This activity will be followed by more training courses, so that the students can improve their knowledge and jointly design advertising material that will be used to promote tourism potential of North-East BiH.

The meeting of partner institutions jointly preparing a project proposal for the 2nd Call within the Interreg CBC Program Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro held a meeting today in the Municipality of Nijemci, Croatia. The Nijemci Municipality, the Nijemci Tourist Board, the City of Tuzla, NERDA Development Association and the Center for Protection and Study of the Birds of Montenegro jointly worked on elaboration of the project activities and agreed on the continuation of cooperation in the area of tourist infrastructure reconstruction in the cross-border area.

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Development Association NERDA is a Regional Development Agency for the North-East BiH, responsible for strengthening, coordination and promotion of economic development.